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Basketball Coach

Pat Summitt, born on June 14, 1952, was a renowned basketball coach in the United States. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols women's basketball team, leading the team to win 11 national championships, making her one of the most successful women's basketball coaches in NCAA history. Summitt's influence in the basketball world was profound, and her coaching style and leadership were highly praised.

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“Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.”

Goal Common Effort Groups Produce Discipline Unified Common Goal

Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.”

Goal Break Records Havens

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“Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.”

Inspirational Important Goal Failing Paper Meetings Rewards Setting Settings Target Penalties

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“A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.”

Ifs Want Needs Feels Sports Goal Team Achieve Bars Motivational Sports Competitors Fists Starters Reset Raising The Bar New Goal

Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.”

Ideas Happens Form Individual Goal Realizing Support Achieve Basketball Surrender Teamwork Mistaken Colleagues Individual Goals

Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.”

Self Goal Teach Discipline Basketball Ultimate Self Discipline Ultimate Goal

Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.”

Goal Harder Climbs New Goal

Author:Pat Summitt

About the Author

Born: June 14, 1952
Died: June 28, 2016
Known for: Basketball Coach
Quotes: 120

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Reach for the SummitRelated source material

Raise the RoofRelated source material

Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You DoRelated source material

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in PerspectiveRelated source material

Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in PerspectiveRelated source material

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